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Reported communication failure with the tdwr affecting windshear, microburst and ctrfield wind display capability.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 392940 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mci |
| State Reference | MO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| ASRS Report | 392940 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
The tdwr at my facility experienced communication failure. This outage lasted 45 mins -- no reason known. When this happens, we lose capability for windshear, microburst and ctrfield wind display. When we don't have this equipment available we cannot pass advisories on in a timely manner.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTED COM FAILURE WITH THE TDWR AFFECTING WINDSHEAR, MICROBURST AND CTRFIELD WIND DISPLAY CAPABILITY.
Narrative: THE TDWR AT MY FACILITY EXPERIENCED COM FAILURE. THIS OUTAGE LASTED 45 MINS -- NO REASON KNOWN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WE LOSE CAPABILITY FOR WINDSHEAR, MICROBURST AND CTRFIELD WIND DISPLAY. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THIS EQUIP AVAILABLE WE CANNOT PASS ADVISORIES ON IN A TIMELY MANNER.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.